The Fiery Era: Becoming an Industrial Giant

Chapter 45 Both Husband and Wife Make Progress
"Director, this is..."

Guo Yuting didn't quite understand what this meant, but she felt that it was a good thing to be mentioned in the newspaper.

"The proposals you mentioned last time were discussed at the hospital's Party Committee meeting, but ultimately no decision could be made, so they were submitted to the Municipal Health Bureau."

Director Xu said with a smile, "After going through several rounds of discussion, it might have been taken to a higher level for further consideration. Plus, there are indeed issues like drug scarcity and difficulty accessing medical care in rural areas, so..."

At this point, Director Xu stopped speaking and tapped the newspaper with his finger as a gesture.

Upon hearing this, the others in the pharmacy department were surprised and curious, and gathered around to look at the newspaper on the table.

Gu Jiayu was also itching with curiosity, but she didn't want to get too close to Guo Yuting, so she tilted her head and pricked up her ears, intending to listen to what Director Xu would say next.

"Yuting, your suggestions last time were very good. Those suggestions on compiling common diseases and commonly used medicines have basically been adopted by the higher-ups."

Moreover, you were the first to suggest it, and no one can erase that achievement. The dean said you'll be one of this year's outstanding individuals.

Director Xu said with a smile that in the past two years, the outstanding individuals in their hospital were either doctors or nursing assistants. How could a logistics staff member receive such an award?

After all, hospitals are places for treating and saving lives, and in terms of contribution, doctors and caregivers definitely contribute the most.

The logistics positions are for serving doctors and caregivers.

But now, the suggestion made by Guo Yuting from their logistics department has been adopted by higher authorities and even made it into the newspaper, which could very well change the future direction of medical care.

It would be a bit unreasonable not to recognize one of these individuals as an outstanding individual.

"You guys should learn more from Yuting in the future. Why was she able to come up with such a good plan this time, and why was it adopted by the higher-ups and even made it into the newspaper?"

She, as the director, was also honored that such a good thing had happened in the pharmacy department.

As for the others in the pharmacy department, probably less than half of them were genuinely celebrating for Guo Yuting. Right now, the only one clapping and truly happy is probably Lan Yu.

"Thank you, thank you for the praise, Director. Actually, it wasn't all my doing. I asked my husband about many things; he talks to me a lot in the evenings."

Guo Yuting said with a happy smile, but as she spoke, she glanced disdainfully at the spot where Gu Jiayu was sitting, but looked away after a couple of seconds.

She spends all her time bragging about what her partner's father does, but in reality, he's far inferior to her husband.

Even though the time spent looking at her was short, it still caught Gu Jiayu's attention, causing her to clench her fingers until they turned red.

"This credit should go to you, no need to be overly modest; those doctors have been talking about our pharmacy department for so long, it's time to pay them back!"

Director Xu patted Guo Yuting on the shoulder and said, "When the day comes to award the outstanding individuals, give me a good talking-to and make sure our pharmacy department gets a recognition too."

"I understand, Section Chief."

After Guo Yuting finished speaking, she remembered what Zhou Zhiqiang had told her, so she said to Director Xu, "Director Xu, I have something I want to talk to you about."

"what's up?"

After asking the question, Director Xu noticed the expression on Guo Yuting's face and understood. He then said, "Let's talk in my office."

"it is good."

Upon hearing this, Guo Yuting immediately responded, then picked up her backpack and followed Director Xu to her office.

Once the door is closed, unless you press your ear against it, you can't hear anything happening inside.

When Gu Jiayu saw this, she was so angry that she kept tugging at her clothes. She felt that Guo Yuting was planning to report her.

Ever since the two of them fell out, they were practically on the verge of a real fight. "Director Xu, I was wondering if you need any tickets for a 'three turns and one sound' (referring to a type of bicycle, a sewing machine, a radio, and a smartwatch). We have some extra; if you need them, I can help you with that."

After Guo Yuting finished speaking, she took out the tickets for the "Three Turns and One Ring" lottery from her bag and placed them on the table.

The term "three turns and one sound" only came about after the era of ration coupons. Before that, when ration coupons were not needed, every household could buy them; it was just a matter of whether they had enough money.

However, after the era of ration coupons, many people found that the coupons for the "three turns and one sound" (referring to a car, a bicycle, a radio, and a watch) were too rare. Without coupons for these four items, it was harder than saving money to accumulate enough industrial coupons to buy a car.

"These tickets and certificates... Yuting, are they your husband's?"

Director Xu quickly noticed the factory stamps on the tickets, all of which belonged to Dafeng Machinery Factory. Guo Yuting's husband was a technician at Dafeng Machinery Factory.

“That’s right, Zhiqiang recently did a great job at the factory, so they gave him a reward; but my dad already bought these for us, so these tickets are useless.”

After Guo Yuting finished speaking the excuse that Zhou Zhiqiang had taught her, Director Xu was indeed tempted.

Although she is the head of the pharmacy department, she is not even considered a leader in the hospital. There are a group of chief doctors ahead of her, as well as the head of the general affairs department, and above her are the vice president and deputy secretary. The Second Hospital doesn't get many votes each year.

It would be quite troublesome for Director Xu to compete with these people. Even if the votes were distributed in turn, it would take four or five years for it to be her turn. Moreover, there might be other individuals who need to be rewarded in between.

She happened to be planning to buy a sewing machine recently, but she didn't have the ration coupons.

Director Xu said, "Yuting, I won't stand on ceremony with you. My son is getting married soon, and we're planning to buy a sewing machine. We happen to be short of ration coupons. What would you like to do with it?"

"Director, grain coupons, sugar coupons, and cigarette and alcohol coupons are all fine. You can give whatever you think is appropriate. Zhiqiang said that's fine as long as it's about right. It's just a matter of colleagues and coworkers exchanging things among themselves."

Guo Yuting said with a smile that it would be a mistake for her to tell the price in detail now.

"Here's what we'll do, Yuting. I'll give you thirty jin of grain coupons, two jin of sugar coupons, and some Class B cigarette and alcohol coupons."

After Director Xu finished speaking, he calculated that there was still a shortfall between the amount and the cost of the plane tickets, so he continued, "Yuting, I'll give you another fifteen yuan, is that alright? My son is getting married, and I need to keep some cigarette and alcohol coupons for him."

Sewing tickets are even more precious than bicycle tickets, making them the most expensive of the four essential items.

A sewing ticket can sell for sixty or seventy yuan in Pigeon City, but Director Xu felt that what she took out was worth at most forty or fifty yuan.

"Director, those tickets you mentioned are fine. We don't need to pay. If we charge money, that would be speculation."

Guo Yuting remembered what Zhou Zhiqiang had said: there's no need to be so calculating; being too calculating means losing human touch.

"Thank you, Yuting."

Director Xu hesitated for a moment, but in the end he did not refuse and took the sewing ticket: "Yuting, come back with me after get off work and I will get you the ticket."

"Okay, no rush."

Guo Yuting said with a smile, and then chatted with Director Xu about other things for a while before leaving her office.

After leaving the office, her relationship with Director Xu improved considerably.

The following afternoon, Guo Yuting asked several more people in the department and finally exchanged all the bicycle and radio tickets.

Tickets for the "three turns and one sound" (a type of bicycle, a sewing machine, a radio, and a watch) were hard currency. The employees working in the hospital's logistics department were not short of money, but they were short of tickets.

Guo Yuting amassed quite a few coupons this afternoon, including nearly 100 jin of grain coupons, among which were 20 jin of fine grain coupons.

If they took it to the pigeon market, they could exchange the coarse grain coupons for an extra 25 jin of fine grain coupons, which would greatly increase their family's savings.

(End of this chapter)